South Australian snake venom supplies

Wildlife Trade Operation for wild harvest and export of venom, blood and body parts from Australian native snake species
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, February 2008

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Declaration of Wildlife Trade Operation to export venom, blood and body parts from Australian native snake species (PDF - 121 KB)
Wildlife Trade Operation for wild harvest and export of venom, blood and body parts from Australian native snake species (PDF - 52 KB)

About the wildlife trade operation

This Wildlife Trade Operation relates to the export of snake venom, blood and body parts obtained by persons licensed under the relevant State/Territory legislation.

Snake derived venom, blood and body parts have been used internationally for medical research into therapeutic compounds, production of human therapeutics and diagnostics, pure research and development of biological reagents. The current application proposes to continue this work.